A new study shows that everyday chemicals can disturb gut microbes, change community balance, and even increase antibiotic ...

Bacteria that multiply on surfaces are a major headache in health care when they gain a foothold on, for example, implants or ...

Nobody wants harmful bacteria colonizing the surfaces of objects such as medical implants, yet we also don't want them ...

Bacteria that produce many antibiotics use a surprising self-poisoning system to coordinate development. Sensing a key signal ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have reported early success with a novel mRNA-based therapy designed to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

The gut microbiota is the complex and dynamic community of bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses that enter into a ...

Two new studies uncover unexpected ways that microbes move, offering insights that could impact our understanding of human ...

Marine viruses deploy a sophisticated Trojan horse maneuver that enables them to dismantle the energy systems of ocean ...

Description: Unlike most living things, there are species of bacteria that can harness electrons directly and even shuttle them around from place to place like living wires. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ...

The newly described microbe represents a world of parasitic, intercellular biodiversity only beginning to be revealed by ...